A colleague of mine got attacked for being supportive of his students. The colleague is Peter Salovey, President of Yale and he was harshly criticized by conservative columnist George Will. I wrote a letter to the editor of the Hartford Courant and the letter was published. http://www.courant.com/opinion/letters/hc-ugc-article-yale-president-peter-salovey-and-george-will-2015-11-18-story.html